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a lot of states that were spared that were not hard hit or some states as far away as california, they have pledged to start getting equipment crews etc. here into new jersey and new york, and connecticut as quickly as possible. as power starts coming back on, we want to make sure that people can also get to work. there are a lot of folks in jersey who work in new york, in the city, and in other places where transportation may be hobbled. one of the things that i mentioned to the governor is the possibility of us using federal assets military assets as well as taking inventory of assets from around the country that can be brought in so that we can help people get to their work. we're going to have a lot of work to do. i don't want anybody to feel that some how this is all going to get all cleaned up overnight. i want to make sure that people have realistic expectations, but what i can promise is that the federal government will be working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we will not quit until this is done. we're not going to tolerate red tape. we're not g
a lot of states that were spared that were not hard hit or some states as far away as california, they have pledged to start getting equipment crews etc. here into new jersey and new york, and connecticut as quickly as possible. as power starts coming back on, we want to make sure that people can also get to work. there are a lot of folks in jersey who work in new york, in the city, and in other places where transportation may be hobbled. one of the things that i mentioned to the governor is...
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especially here in california. and how about for the 11 million people are in this country illegally. >> jennifer: do you think it is the first thing he does since it is so easy. >> i don't know if it is so easy. he has to get the fiscal cliff going. he can do this on parallel track. >> jennifer: does the fiscal cliff get resolved in the lame duck or an extension? >> it doesn't matter. >> i think it will. >> jennifer: you think they're actually going to come up with a grand bargain on the whole ball of wax? >> it was on the table before. >> jennifer: i'll bet you. not $10,000 but i'll bet you they extend. i can't grow a mustache. >> wear a fake one. >> grow out your hair. >> jennifer: you guys, thanks so much. appreciate you guys coming back inside. i wanted to talk about climate change, too but next time. that's another thing on the list. john whaley and joe garofoli. getting women to run for public office is something i'm passionate about. i'm so happy our next guest is, too. author and activist marianne williams
especially here in california. and how about for the 11 million people are in this country illegally. >> jennifer: do you think it is the first thing he does since it is so easy. >> i don't know if it is so easy. he has to get the fiscal cliff going. he can do this on parallel track. >> jennifer: does the fiscal cliff get resolved in the lame duck or an extension? >> it doesn't matter. >> i think it will. >> jennifer: you think they're actually going to come...
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the state of california, an enormous percentage of our national population voted to increase taxes on the wealthy and in a very significant victory that was led by jerry brown much to his credit. what will the president offered? has he put numbers on the table that you're aware of that say to the republicans here is a deal you must accept? >> i don't know that he has. i was gratified to hear rich trumka coming out of a meeting with the president. look, what the formulation has got to be is that we end the absurd situation where one out of four profitability corporations pays nothing in federal taxes. we're losing over $100 billion every year because the rich and corporations are putting their money in the cayman islands. we have triple military spending since 1997, spending almost as much as the rest of the world combined. in other words eliot, there are fair ways to do deficit reduction without doing as the republicans want cutting social security which by the way has nothing to do with the deficit. cutting medicare benefits, medicaid benefits or education. >> eliot: look, the ratio
the state of california, an enormous percentage of our national population voted to increase taxes on the wealthy and in a very significant victory that was led by jerry brown much to his credit. what will the president offered? has he put numbers on the table that you're aware of that say to the republicans here is a deal you must accept? >> i don't know that he has. i was gratified to hear rich trumka coming out of a meeting with the president. look, what the formulation has got to be...
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look at the outcome of prop 30 in california. mr. president, you need to tell speaker boehner that the time for elliptical answers and vagueness is over. tell him if he wants to have a substantive conversation on fiscal negotiations, it's time for him to put his cards on the table face up. ask him to explain exactly which loopholes he would like to close. ask him to explain how those loopholes could be closed without designating the middle class. tell him the time for specifics mr. president, it's time to announce specifics. start with the capital gains rate. make it clear this is an essential part of any deal. capital gains should be taxed as ordinary income. there should be no difference. mr. president. it's time to be tough. that's [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? >> eliot: it was a break up letter read around the world. and it made one former wall street insider greg smith a 12-y
look at the outcome of prop 30 in california. mr. president, you need to tell speaker boehner that the time for elliptical answers and vagueness is over. tell him if he wants to have a substantive conversation on fiscal negotiations, it's time for him to put his cards on the table face up. ask him to explain exactly which loopholes he would like to close. ask him to explain how those loopholes could be closed without designating the middle class. tell him the time for specifics mr. president,...
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workers have a storied history in california of standing up for working families and i think will remain able to be able to be politically active. in large part, the attacks of mitt romney on the american auto industry have fueled interest in that campaign and created excitement. bam become that's a right to work state. i haven't seen much from the campaign but assume the people supporting it, it goes something like jesus didn't like to organize. [ laughter ] >> you know, he had 13 apostles with him. >> you are too funny. carl, thank you so much for joining us inside the war room. i know you are excited for tomorrow. i only wish you would be here with us. >> the bunting is up, the flags are being unfurled. there are new yorkers and los angeles residents loose in the war room. you will only find them in the war room tonight right here on current tv. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make su
workers have a storied history in california of standing up for working families and i think will remain able to be able to be politically active. in large part, the attacks of mitt romney on the american auto industry have fueled interest in that campaign and created excitement. bam become that's a right to work state. i haven't seen much from the campaign but assume the people supporting it, it goes something like jesus didn't like to organize. [ laughter ] >> you know, he had 13...
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visiting right now with adam schiff, good friend from southern california. you can follow him on twitter twitter @repadamschiff. we will put the link up on our website. peter, what's happening in the social media world? >> peter: weigh in on facebook.com/billpresshow. on twitter black cat says bar barack is taking the fiscal cliff message to the people. isn't that what democracy is about? for these people think he is campaigning, this is democracy in action. >> i love the fact that mitch mcconnell and john boehner are whining about the fact that president obama is out on the road again. this is what ronald reagan did. >> exactly. exactly. oh, yeah. absolutely. and it's part of the job. >> yeah. ? >> you would hope that the president is engaged in a dialogue with the american people on the issues that are central importance to the country. >> called the bully pulpit. he won it. he was talking to a colleague of yours in the house the other day. and i mentioned, you know, because just butefore you guys came back, got here to save us from going over the fiscal c
visiting right now with adam schiff, good friend from southern california. you can follow him on twitter twitter @repadamschiff. we will put the link up on our website. peter, what's happening in the social media world? >> peter: weigh in on facebook.com/billpresshow. on twitter black cat says bar barack is taking the fiscal cliff message to the people. isn't that what democracy is about? for these people think he is campaigning, this is democracy in action. >> i love the fact that...
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i was just thinking about that yesterday in california. look at any -- it's like gay rights or any -- when it's the right thing to do you know, when it is all about human beings, i'm telling you -- it used to be okay to talk like that, remember? >> caller: pete wilson should % have had a latino mate like arnold. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yeah, it was a bad day for the haters. latino vote devastated the gop even worse than the exit polls showed. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: obama won by an aye-popping 75-23 margin. the exit poll of 71%. that is huge. >> huge! >> huge! >> stephanie: in colorado latinos went for the president by 87% to 10. >> wee. >> stephanie: and the pole director says this makes known the latino giant is wide awake, cranky and taking names. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: let's go to gail in syracuse. >> caller: hi steph. >> stephanie: hi. >> caller: i am so excited. last night was the first time i slept since, you know, our president won the election. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: what i wa
i was just thinking about that yesterday in california. look at any -- it's like gay rights or any -- when it's the right thing to do you know, when it is all about human beings, i'm telling you -- it used to be okay to talk like that, remember? >> caller: pete wilson should % have had a latino mate like arnold. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: yeah, it was a bad day for the haters. latino vote devastated the gop even worse than the exit polls showed. [♪ "world news tonight"...
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in california, my state california republican party used to have 63.2% of voter registration. registered voters in california. republicans. today, for the first time, voter -- republican voter registration in california, this is according to cal-peak has fallen below 30%. democrats hold every statewide office and both the united states senators and of course the big majority of the united states congressional delegation. republican party bob mulholland use to the work for me as political director of the party. is quoted as saying wolves have a better chance of getting off the endangered species list than republicans. [ laughter ] >> bill: the more tea party they get the more they leave average americans behind. the more they're in decline as a party. here is a person -- some of that may be up close and personal. ginger gibson, political reporter for politico was with the romney campaign in boston on tuesday night. joining us on our news line. hi ginger, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> bill: it was not a happy night there. the word got around pretty clos
in california, my state california republican party used to have 63.2% of voter registration. registered voters in california. republicans. today, for the first time, voter -- republican voter registration in california, this is according to cal-peak has fallen below 30%. democrats hold every statewide office and both the united states senators and of course the big majority of the united states congressional delegation. republican party bob mulholland use to the work for me as political...
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. >> bill: i miss california. what's going on. >> caller: i remember hearing from time to time in san francisco. >> bill: absolutely. what's up? >> caller: i'm looking at two lies and i'm trying to figure out which one is more serious. one lie about a demonstration and reaction to anti-islamic video in benghazi outside the consulate and i'm looking at this lie about g.m. and chrysler and jeep. and i'm trying to figure out which someone more serious. >> bill: let me help you out. one is a lie and one is not. the intelligence reports read the reports i have, the intelligence reports from on the scene in benghazi at the time of the protests were protestors there told our intelligence officers they were reacting to the protests in cairo which were directly triggered by that video. now, there was more to it than that. but at the time, what they reported was exactly what they were told by protestors on the scene. that was not a lie. that was what they were told. they were the intelligence reports from the c.i.a. okay? >
. >> bill: i miss california. what's going on. >> caller: i remember hearing from time to time in san francisco. >> bill: absolutely. what's up? >> caller: i'm looking at two lies and i'm trying to figure out which one is more serious. one lie about a demonstration and reaction to anti-islamic video in benghazi outside the consulate and i'm looking at this lie about g.m. and chrysler and jeep. and i'm trying to figure out which someone more serious. >> bill: let me...
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ben is calling us from wayne mark california. welcome to the "bill press show" >> caller: thank you john. big fan of yours. one of the most impressive thing you said once was whenever you're engaged in a discussion with someone who's opposed to what you're saying, you're really not going to affect them as much as you're going to affect people who are listening in. >> john: thank you, ben for bringing that up. that is great advice for everyone going home to thanksgiving and terrified about the angry write wing uncle or the angry left wing uncle. if you have someone difficult at the thanksgiving table if they want to fight politics with you you can win over everybody else at the table if you handle them with grace patience, humor and facts. >> right. the point i wanted to make, you talk about native americans you know sometimes they refer to themselves as first nations people. one of the first nations people, shenandoah, he said participating in change is much different from trying to impose it. and what i like -- what's just happe
ben is calling us from wayne mark california. welcome to the "bill press show" >> caller: thank you john. big fan of yours. one of the most impressive thing you said once was whenever you're engaged in a discussion with someone who's opposed to what you're saying, you're really not going to affect them as much as you're going to affect people who are listening in. >> john: thank you, ben for bringing that up. that is great advice for everyone going home to thanksgiving and...